Boron
Ultra 12 is a clear, odourless, water based fluid used to kill woodworm in buildings.

BORON
ULTRA 12 - Surface Treatment of Woodworm - wood treatment

A
unique Boron based Borax powder concentrate, ready to dissolve in water, designed
to treat timber by brush, spray or dipping. It avoids the hazard problems of many
liquid insecticides by using only water as a carrier. It can also be used in most
wood preservation situations to replace other less friendly contact
type insecticides, including Permethrin. The Boron powder is dissolved in water
to treat Woodworm at 5% (BAE) for the following coverages, based on applying two
coats by brush, or low pressure sprayer: Boron Ultra 12 only kills wood boring
insects and has natural Fire Retardancy properties.

Supplied
as a powder:

Small
Powder Pack - 0.5kg of powder dissolves in 12.5 litres of water, to make
a 5% solution, treats 25 square metres - for one small domestic room.

Medium
Powder Pack - 1 kg of powder dissolves in 25 litres of water, to make a 5%
solution, treats 50 square metres - for two domestic rooms, or a small roof.

Large
Powder Pack - 2.5 kgs of powder dissolves in 62.5 litres of water, to make
a 5% solution, treats 125 square metres - for a complete semi detached house.

For
Amateur DIY and Professional Use when dissolved in water at up to 5% BAE.

Boron
Ultra 12 has natural Fire Retardancy properties and this is an obvious benefit
when you are treating wood in buildings. The Boron compounds are frequently used
in many industries to provide Fire Retardant properties, for example in board
products and building materials. .

Added
Fire Retardancy - to further
reduce the fire risk in your building you can now buy our Fire Retardant Additive
to pour into your Boron Ultra 12. It has no odour or hazards and simply boosts
the natural fire retardancy without affecting the woodworm treatment.

We
offer a printed Certificate of Product Guarantee for individual properties, should
you require one for your Bank, Building Society or house purchaser.

Call
us for details on 01626 331351.

Safety

See
our Woodworm Technical Information page for Product Safety Information. The Boron
based product, Boron Ultra 12, used for Woodworm Treatment when diluted in water
at 5% BAE is fully Licensed by the HSE and is not required to carry any hazard
warning labels.

Common
furniture beetle, Anobium Punctatum, has a 5 year life cycle, but the adult only
lives for a few weeks and cuts the hole you see in order to exit and find a mate.
Eggs are laid onto the timber surface or in old holes. The baby grubs bore back
in and the cycle repeats.

A
Boron based brushing Gel ideal for damp stained wood, end grain and bearing area
treatment of beams and joists. Also useful for medium to heavy active infestations
of insect attack and treatment of new timbers for use in vulnerable areas (e.g.
back of skirting boards).

2.
BORON ULTRA PASTE - Deep Injected Treatment - for damp wood

A
unique Boron based Paste, which uses a special blend of technical grade Glycols
as carriers. It can be injected into timber, with the advantage of supplying a
highly concentrated mobile preservative which will spread even at low (down to
12% TMC) moisture content levels. Simple to apply with a standard skeleton gun
and highly effective because of the available level of active Boron content deep
inside the wood. It is injected into 8mm diameter holes at up to 120mm along the
grain, 75mm across the grain and down to within 15mm of the opposing side of the
timber (see
hole Spacing Chart).

3.
ULTRA TIMBER PASTE - Deep Injected Treatment - for dry wood

An
alternative treatment for drier timber (under 12% TMC) - Permethrin in an emulsion
cream base. Has some odour and solvent. Do not use in buildings housing fish or
birds. Essential for deep seated active Death Watch Beetle, or the voracious House
Longhorn Beetle, where the moisture content of the wood is too low to spread the
Boron based paste.

4.
BORON RODS - Solid Rods for placing in holes to act as a Boron reservoir - for
wet wood

These solid
rods of HIGH STRENGTH Boron 173 are used to protect timbers which are constantly
or occasionally damp: window frames, external joinery, wall plates, embedded beam
ends, garden posts, fence posts, door frames, etc. They can also be used in conjunction
with BORON ULTRA PASTE, to act as a long term reservoir. The standard sizes -
8mm x 24mm and 8mm x 65mm - fit into 10mm diameter holes. We supply plastic bang
in caps to cover the holes in brown, red and limestone colours.

3.
Death Watch Beetle - tap with a hammer and drill test to determine the extent,
then apply Boron Ultra Gel by brush, plus Boron Paste by injection. Check annually
and re-treat if active. This insect can be a structural hazard to your building,
so consult us or a Professional Building Surveyor before carrying out treatment.

4.
Wood Boring Weevil - remove all rotted timber, then apply Boron Ultra Gel,
plus Boron Paste by injection to any timber that is damp (or, if you have a Damp
Meter, over 18% total moisture content). The Weevil itself does not need treatment
- it will die out naturally when the dampness is reduced. The treatment is necessary
to protect the timber from Dry Rot, which can follow Wet Rot as the moisture content
falls.

5.
House Longhorn Beetle - cut out all infected timber, then inject Ultra Timber
Paste (Permethrin based). This insect can be a structural hazard to your building,
so consult us or a Professional Building Surveyor before carrying out treatment.

Example
- Insect attack in Railway Sleepers and Poles

Sleepers
and Poles are frequently
used in gardens to retain raised beds or to act as terracing walls. These garden
timbers become very damp and despite pre-treatments once the insects and wet rot
enter through cracks and splits they can fall apart. Railway
Sleepers - yes, these enormous, creosote treated timbers do rot and London
Underground and Railtrack have used 1000s of Boron Ultra Rods, but in a
much larger size, to extend the life of these expensive components. Special carriage
mounted Ultra Sound machines detect the rotting sleepers and these are then drilled,
injected and capped as part of regular maintenance.

Telegraph
and Electricity Poles themselves are also susceptible to wet rot and rapid
insect attack, after the pressure creosote treatment has diminished, especially
in the ground zone, where splits and shakes allow moisture and air into the core.
Boron Ultra Paste and Boron Ultra Rods are used in combination to prevent
further decay and extend the working life of the poles and sleepers.

Drilling
a Pole to insert a Boron Rod

Example
- Insect attack in Posts and Frames

Posts
in the ground - use our special 'Save a Post' kit - drill holes in all four
sides at ground level downwards at a 45 degree angle to overlap within the post
beneath the ground. Blow out the holes. Inject Boron Ultra Paste to the
base of the hole and insert a Boron Ultra Rod through the paste.

Timber
Frame House - Death Watch Beetle

Frames
and door legs - drill 8-10mm diameter holes above and below each joint to
within 15mm of the opposing face. Blow out the holes. Inject Boron Ultra Paste
to the base of the hole and insert a Boron Ultra Rod through the paste.

Wear
the correct safety equipment and keep unprotected people and animals out of the
treated area for the statutory period given on the label, or until surfaces are
dry, which ever is the longer.

All
products have some hazards and the COSHH Regulations (Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health) apply to ALL building repair and construction products that we sell,
even Cement.

If in doubt
consult us for free technical help. Take care not to contaminate soil, waterways
or the environment with the product or the waste and packaging. These can be returned
to us for disposal.

Avoid
using any type of chemical in your home if any of the following are likely to
come into contact with the spray or treated surfaces: animals, fish, birds, babies,
young children, asthmatics, pregnant women or those vulnerable due to ill health.

On-going
European reclassification of Pesticides has resulted in our Borax product having
to carry a warning label (for the first time since 1890) on all products used
at over 5.5% BAE concentration. This label is a warning that if you eat the product
and then became pregnant you might give birth to a slightly underweight
baby, or suffer a slight reduction in the size of your testes. The tests, on rats,
required them to eat the human equivalent of 18 level teaspoons full of Borate
(DOT) per day for 2 years. We believe that you are unlikely to do this and the
lack of any other negative evidence, despite the severely critical European Review
process, confirms that this product is very safe indeed.

Woodworm
treatment products do not need to even reach the 5% concentration level to be
effective, so are not subject to any additional labelling, because of their unblemished
safety record.